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Backtrack Magazine

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&nbsp Write Review12 issues per yearBacktrack was first published in 1987 with the aim of presenting British railway history. At first quarterly and then bi-monthly, Backtrack went monthly in 1995 and has gone from strength to strength, justifying its founder’s identification of a niche in the railway publishing market for a high quality historical journal.

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Backtrack&nbsp&nbsp|&nbsp&nbspDecember 2016 &nbsp

A Steady Climb - A. J. Mullay explains the background to Beattock and its famous incline.The Early Years of 'The Gem of Railways'- Jeffrey Wells looks at how the railway reached Lake Windermere.A Wednesbury Winter's Night; Part One - David J. Hayes describes a night shift at Wednesbury No.1 signal box 40 years ago.Snaigow and Durn - David P. Williams portrays two Highland Railway locomotives.A Derbyshire Outing - archive photos taken by Alan Tyson on the Buxton to Ashbourne line.High Speed Trains: still available in a range of colours - six pages of colour by Keith Dungate celebrates 40 years of the Inter-City 125s.The Train Ferries: Part Two - R.A.S. Hennessey concludes his survey of a very special form of rail/ship transport.Across the Midlands - a colour spread covering locations from Grantham to Nuneaton.The Departure List - George Smith looks at fatal accidents on the Stockton & Darlington Railway between 1825 and 1845.Further Recollections of Reading Shed and its many duties - as told to Paul Joyce by former fireman Richard Smith.

Backtrack was first published in 1987 with the aim of presenting British railway history. At first quarterly and then bi-monthly, Backtrack went monthly in 1995 and has gone from strength to strength, justifying its founder’s identification of a niche in the railway publishing market for a high quality historical journal.
Backtrack’s remit is to cover all aspects of railway history throughout Britain and Ireland, from its earliest days in the era of horse-drawn tramroads up to around ten years back from the present. Locomotives (whether steam, diesel or electric) and rolling stock feature prominently, but Backtrack also looks at the history of particular lines as well as considering the social, political, financial, engineering and labour aspects of railway history. Topics such as stations, bridges, signalling, biographies, train services and staff recollections therefore regularly appear in the magazine.
A strong pictorial content is an important feature of Backtrack and in addition to archive black and white photographs each issue contains quality historical colour coverage of the railway scene, all reproduced to the highest standards.

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&nbsp&nbsp One of the best in the marketReviewed martedì 30 gennaio 2018

"Britain's leading historical railway journal" is the claim and strapline which appears at the top of the front cover of every issue. As a subscriber who has been "hooked" on the magazine for a decade now, I consider that to be true. Other magazines cover the history of Britain's railways to greater and lesser degrees but I believe that Backtrack does it best. Each issue contains an eclectic mix of articles covering many and varied aspects of railway history, not just locomotives or line histories and not just steam, such as others concentrate on. Such byways as signalling and ticketing receive attention from time to time and the selection of colour, as well as black-and-white, illustrations is magnificent.Finally, modern traction and history (up to about a decade ago) get a share of the attention too and particularly interesting are those articles which look at the social history and the political background.This is the only British historical railway journal with referenced articles.

Backtrack
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December 2016
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A Steady Climb - A. J. Mullay explains the background to Beattock and its famous incline.The Early Years of 'The Gem of Railways'- Jeffrey Wells looks at how the railway reached Lake Windermere.A Wednesbury Winter's Night; Part One - David J. Hayes describes a night shift at Wednesbury No.1 signal box 40 years ago.Snaigow and Durn - David P. Williams portrays two Highland Railway locomotives.A Derbyshire Outing - archive photos taken by Alan Tyson on the Buxton to Ashbourne line.High Speed Trains: still available in a range of colours - six pages of colour by Keith Dungate celebrates 40 years of the Inter-City 125s.The Train Ferries: Part Two - R.A.S. Hennessey concludes his survey of a very special form of rail/ship transport.Across the Midlands - a colour spread covering locations from Grantham to Nuneaton.The Departure List - George Smith looks at fatal accidents on the Stockton & Darlington Railway between 1825 and 1845.Further Recollections of Reading Shed and its many duties - as told to Paul Joyce by former fireman Richard Smith.

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Backtrack
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December 2016
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A Steady Climb - A. J. Mullay explains the background to Beattock and its famous incline.The Early Years of 'The Gem of Railways'- Jeffrey Wells looks at how the railway reached Lake Windermere.A Wednesbury Winter's Night; Part One - David J. Hayes describes a night shift at Wednesbury No.1 signal box 40 years ago.Snaigow and Durn - David P. Williams portrays two Highland Railway locomotives.A Derbyshire Outing - archive photos taken by Alan Tyson on the Buxton to Ashbourne line.High Speed Trains: still available in a range of colours - six pages of colour by Keith Dungate celebrates 40 years of the Inter-City 125s.The Train Ferries: Part Two - R.A.S. Hennessey concludes his survey of a very special form of rail/ship transport.Across the Midlands - a colour spread covering locations from Grantham to Nuneaton.The Departure List - George Smith looks at fatal accidents on the Stockton & Darlington Railway between 1825 and 1845.Further Recollections of Reading Shed and its many duties - as told to Paul Joyce by former fireman Richard Smith.

As a subscriber you'll receive the
following benefits:

&nbsp A discount
off the RRP of your magazine

&nbsp Your magazine
delivered to your device each month

&nbsp Your magazine
delivered to your door each month

&nbsp You'll
never miss an issue

&nbsp You’re
protected from price rises that may happen later in the year

However for iOS we recommend an iPad 2 (2nd gen)/iPhone 3 or better for performance
and stability. Earlier models with lower processor and RAM specifications may experience
slower page rendering and occasional app crashes which are outside of our control.

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Backtrack
&nbsp&nbsp|&nbsp&nbsp
December 2016
&nbsp&nbsp

A Steady Climb - A. J. Mullay explains the background to Beattock and its famous incline.The Early Years of 'The Gem of Railways'- Jeffrey Wells looks at how the railway reached Lake Windermere.A Wednesbury Winter's Night; Part One - David J. Hayes describes a night shift at Wednesbury No.1 signal box 40 years ago.Snaigow and Durn - David P. Williams portrays two Highland Railway locomotives.A Derbyshire Outing - archive photos taken by Alan Tyson on the Buxton to Ashbourne line.High Speed Trains: still available in a range of colours - six pages of colour by Keith Dungate celebrates 40 years of the Inter-City 125s.The Train Ferries: Part Two - R.A.S. Hennessey concludes his survey of a very special form of rail/ship transport.Across the Midlands - a colour spread covering locations from Grantham to Nuneaton.The Departure List - George Smith looks at fatal accidents on the Stockton & Darlington Railway between 1825 and 1845.Further Recollections of Reading Shed and its many duties - as told to Paul Joyce by former fireman Richard Smith.

As a subscriber you'll receive the
following benefits:

&nbsp A discount
off the RRP of your magazine

&nbsp Your magazine
delivered to your door each month

&nbsp You'll
never miss an issue

&nbsp You’re
protected from price rises that may happen later in the year

Shipping is included in the price for all subscriptions, single issues, bookazines
and merchandise products on Pocketmags. The prices you see are the prices you pay,
we do not add additional shipping costs during the checkout. We deliver to the United
Kingdom, Europe, United States of America and the Rest of the World.

Shipping Times

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The deliveries are handled by each of our publishing partners. The great thing about
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Your subscription is most likely to start with the next available issue. The delivery
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A Steady Climb - A. J. Mullay explains the background to Beattock and its famous incline.The Early Years of 'The Gem of Railways'- Jeffrey Wells looks at how the railway reached Lake Windermere.A Wednesbury Winter's Night; Part One - David J. Hayes describes a night shift at Wednesbury No.1 signal box 40 years ago.Snaigow and Durn - David P. Williams portrays two Highland Railway locomotives.A Derbyshire Outing - archive photos taken by Alan Tyson on the Buxton to Ashbourne line.High Speed Trains: still available in a range of colours - six pages of colour by Keith Dungate celebrates 40 years of the Inter-City 125s.The Train Ferries: Part Two - R.A.S. Hennessey concludes his survey of a very special form of rail/ship transport.Across the Midlands - a colour spread covering locations from Grantham to Nuneaton.The Departure List - George Smith looks at fatal accidents on the Stockton & Darlington Railway between 1825 and 1845.Further Recollections of Reading Shed and its many duties - as told to Paul Joyce by former fireman Richard Smith.